Qubadli District | |
Type: | District |
Parts Type: | Settlements[1] |
Parts: | 94 |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 14 March 1933 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | East Zangezur |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 41600 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 800 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 3900 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Qubadli |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Leader Name: | Malik Isagov |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Qubadli District (Azerbaijani: Qubadlı rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the East Zangezur Economic Region.[3] The district borders the Lachin, Khojavend, Jabrayil and Zangilan districts, and the Syunik Province of Armenia.
Its capital and largest city is Qubadli. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 41,600.
The region was part of the Kurdistansky Uyezd and later the Kurdistan Okrug in the Azerbaijani SSR from 7 July 1923 to 23 July 1930. To its Kurdish population, it was known as Qûbadlî.[4]
The district was established on 14 March 1933.
The district came was seized by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh in August 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Azerbaijani forces regained control of all of the district during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
According to the last Soviet census of 1989, the population was 28,110.[5] According to undated Azerbaijani data, the population was 34,100.[6]
As of 1979, a total of 26,673 people:[7]
As of 1989 a total of 28,110 people.[5]